Topics :: anti-gay politicians

So far, conservative lawmakers and organizations have shown themselves willing to look the other way when Trump attacks minorities -- but putatively pro-LGBTQ equality group Log Cabin Republicans may have set a new bar.

Shuttling across the country aboard Air Force Two, Vice President Mike Pence has been a loyal messenger for President Donald Trump. At the same time, he has been carving out his own political identity.

LGBTQ people have gained much visibility and that visibility has translated into some important legal and civil rights victories. But it also comes at a price. A price that Enzi and Erickson cheapen when they dismissively talk of "tutus."

The National Survey of Older Americans Act is used to help the Department of Health and Human Services decide how it will allocate federal funding. Its erasure of LGBT Americans could have serious impact.

As Dr. Ben Carson arrived on Capitol Hill Thursday for his confirmation hearing, the nation's leading black LGBT organization issued a rebuke of his nomination to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Gay San Francisco political consultant Jack Davis has spent much of his career helping elect Democrats. So it was surprising to see his name on a list of local donors to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Entertainers concerned about discrimination in North Carolina since the passage of HB2 have been alternately boycotting or playing and donating some or all of their proceeds to organizations fighting for LGBT rights.